Canadian Olympic Team rebrand

FastCoDesign has written an article about the rebranding of the Canadian Olympic team by Ben Hulse.

Sochi mascots

It's strange how the Olympic mascots always seem to have some controversy swirling around them. Looks like Sochi is no different. The Sochi Olympic committee this week unveiled the finalists to become the official mascots of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The nation will hold a vote by SMS text messaging to select the winners during a live broadcast at the end of the month. Among the finalists are a dolphin on skis, what looks like a Twitter bird and Santa Clause. ...Seriously.

Have a look for yourself.

By the way, did you see the London 2012 mascots?

Rio 2016 Olympic logo revealed

So the official logo for the 2016 Olympic games in Rio was unveiled on New Year's Eve. This would be one man's lament of the deterioration of the Olympic logo.
Thanks to dlcious for the link.